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The Secret History of Lucifer (New Edition)

Lynn Picknett

In her new account of an old religion, Lynn Picknett explains that Lucifer means 'the light bringer' and was a personification of the Morning Star, the planet Venus and its goddess. 'He' was originally 'she' -- a divine representation of love, light and human warmth. The early Christian Church appropriated the name Lucifer, and it became synonymous with darkness and the Devil. Yet many great thinkers have covertly followed the old Luciferan way, most famously Leonardo da Vinci, who encrypted the symbols of his heretical beliefs in his work, visible only to those who have the key.>

  • Classification : History
  • Pub Date : JAN 26, 2006
  • Imprint : Robinson
  • Page Extent : 288
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9781845292638
  • Price : INR 750
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Lynn Picknett

Before their serendipitous first encounter in 1989 on a doorstep in Swiss Cottage north London Lynn originally from the city of York was a journalist editor of books and several major partworks (she was deputy editor of the seminal 1980s publication The Unexplained) broadcaster and television presenter. Clive a Londoner had worked for several years as a systems analyst for a major national charity. However after meeting they abandoned their 'proper' jobs to concentrate full-time on research into religious and historical mysteries which became a successful and enduring joint career in authorship.

Jointly they are the authors of The Turin Shroud The Templar Revelation The Stargate Conspiracy Double Standards The War of the Windsors Friendly Fire Sion Revelation and The Masks of Christ.

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